鯨 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

whale

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ゲイJHS
Kun (native)
  • くじらJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音jing1
  • 한글gyeong
  • Hán-ViệtKình

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
魚(うお)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9BE8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰魚京

Words using this kanji

  • クジラクジラ目の哺乳類の総称。whale (Cetacea spp.)
  • 鯨肉げいにく鯨の肉。whale meat
  • 鯨飲げいいん多量の酒を飲むこと。drinking hard, drinking like a fish
  • 鯨油げいゆ鯨からとる油脂。whale oil
  • 鯨波げいは大きな波。鯨浪。 鬨の声。喊声。鯨浪。raging waves, battle cry, war cry
  • 鯨尺くじらじゃくlong foot (approx. 37.9cm)
  • 鯨座くじらざCetus (constellation), the Whale
  • 鯨幕くじらまく主に葬儀の際に用いられる白黒の縦縞模様の。black and white striped curtain (used at funeral service)
  • 鯨脂げいしblubber
  • 鯨骨げいこつwhale bone
  • 鯨鬚くじらひげwhalebone, baleen
  • 鯨類げいるい鯨目に属する哺乳類の総称。cetaceans
  • 鯨蝋げいろう主に抹香鯨の頭部からとった油(脂肪)を冷却し、油分を除去した蝋。spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales)
  • 鯨汁くじらじるwhale soup
  • 鯨帯くじらおびobi with a different colour on each side
  • 鯨漁くじらりょうwhaling
  • 鯨銛くじらもり(whaling) harpoon
  • 鯨取りくじらとり「いさなとり」の漢字表記。whaling
  • 鯨脳油げいのうゆspermaceti
  • 鯨取りいさなとり「いさなとり」の漢字表記。whaling

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-11-8
Four Corner
2039.6
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11a8.9
Heisig
337
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5307